Israeli and Palestinian authorities have brought back some coronavirus restrictions after the number of new cases jumped in what officials fear could herald a 'second wave' of infections.
FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian laborer wearing a mask heads to work in Israel through a checkpoint amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease , near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
A partial lockdown went into effect on Wednesday in a town in central Israel and several neighborhoods in the city of Tiberias where infection rates were particularly high. The Palestinian Authority put the West Bank city of Hebron on lockdown as well. The campaign took a major economic toll, but it worked. An initial spike of hundreds of daily cases dropped to single digits. Israel has reported 308 fatalities, much less than many developed countries, and three people have died from the virus in the Palestinian territories.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected more communities would be added to the lockdown list and urged Israelis to follow social distancing guidelines. On Monday he gave police the authority to hand out 500 shekel fines to people not wearing masks in public.
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